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21 Jan 2015, 03:06
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Hi Experts,
My GMAT Exam is on 2nd Feb and I am still struggling with SC's.
Recent score on 1st GMAT PREP(Q49 V30) and scored 660
The major deteriorating factor was the SC's, got 11 of them wrong.
I tried to analyze the issue and it seems that i am struggling with applying the rules or may be its the lack of practice because while reviewing the mistakes i found that the Q was not difficult but some how it did not click in the exam mode.
Please advise me on how to improve SC in 11 days(if possible).
I have heard a lot about eGMAT , will eGMAT's SC course be helpful in improving SC's in such a short timespan?
Or will any type course or damage control be helpful at this point?
My Quant scoring is consistently around 49-50 which is good.
Please HELP!!!
Thanks in advance!!!
My GMAT Exam is on 2nd Feb and I am still struggling with SC's.
Recent score on 1st GMAT PREP(Q49 V30) and scored 660
The major deteriorating factor was the SC's, got 11 of them wrong.I tried to analyze the issue and it seems that i am struggling with applying the rules or may be its the lack of practice because while reviewing the mistakes i found that the Q was not difficult but some how it did not click in the exam mode.
Please advise me on how to improve SC in 11 days(if possible).
I have heard a lot about eGMAT , will eGMAT's SC course be helpful in improving SC's in such a short timespan?
Or will any type course or damage control be helpful at this point?
My Quant scoring is consistently around 49-50 which is good.
Please HELP!!!
Thanks in advance!!!
22 Jan 2015, 00:18
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Hi Ankur9,
Since your GMAT is in 11 days, I have to ask if there's ANY way for you to push your Test Date back (even if it's just for a week or two)?
To get SCs correct, you need a combination of knowledge (grammar rules, idioms and 'style' rules) and pattern-matching skills (using the answers to your advantage, knowing the typical ways that the GMAT 'tests' certain rules, knowing the common 'wrong' answers, etc.). Assuming that you have the knowledge, then the issue might just be that you need to put in the necessary repetitions. Since you're getting so many SCs wrong though, you might not have the knowledge that you need. It's also possible that your issues are non-content-related (maybe it's fatigue, maybe during the Verbal section, you're spending too much time on RCs and CRs, so you don't have enough time to spend on SCs, etc.). This might not be a problem that you can solve in a short period of time.
How long have you been studying?
What GMAT resources have you used?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
Since your GMAT is in 11 days, I have to ask if there's ANY way for you to push your Test Date back (even if it's just for a week or two)?
To get SCs correct, you need a combination of knowledge (grammar rules, idioms and 'style' rules) and pattern-matching skills (using the answers to your advantage, knowing the typical ways that the GMAT 'tests' certain rules, knowing the common 'wrong' answers, etc.). Assuming that you have the knowledge, then the issue might just be that you need to put in the necessary repetitions. Since you're getting so many SCs wrong though, you might not have the knowledge that you need. It's also possible that your issues are non-content-related (maybe it's fatigue, maybe during the Verbal section, you're spending too much time on RCs and CRs, so you don't have enough time to spend on SCs, etc.). This might not be a problem that you can solve in a short period of time.
How long have you been studying?
What GMAT resources have you used?
GMAT assassins aren't born, they're made,
Rich
22 Jan 2015, 01:46
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Hello Rich,
First of all thank you for the reply.
I have been studying for GMAT for almost 8 months now but my real prep started in November last year so its been 3 months now.
Sadly due to some personal issues rescheduling is out of option 
SC has always been my strong area. My accuracy rate has always been >=70% in earlier mocks. But now suddenly some how in exam mode i am unable to think or apply rules in SC's. May be it's because of the timer in the exam mode that make my mind go blank. (possible lack of confidence in SC)
Because when i do review of those incorrect SC's(without time limit) , I am able to solve them with in 1 to 1.5 mins.
Yesterday i tried doing the 70 700+ level SCs and I was able to solve them with 90% accuracy within 1-1.5 min each(again without exam mode).
Basically for SC's I have used Manhattan theory, OGVR2, OG13 and OG12. But in these past 2 months I did only OGVR2.
So I think its due to lack of practice on SC's that led to low confidence.
Currently i am focusing more on doing SC Q's from sources that provide explanation(so that i can know where i am going wrong).
Again I do not want to loose my control on others as well because of SC.
Any suggestion?? on any plan on how to manage for next 10 days now.
I have 1 GMATprep remaining which i am planing to give in next 5 days hopefully with some accurate SC.
